AKRed
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An illegal order would be if your commander tells you to do something illegal.
It is not an illegal order when a local commander writes his own policy to keep order however he/she sees fit.
I have always disagreed with this policy too. In other areas, USARAK allows pretty easy use of firearms out in recreation areas etc, just not on main post. I cannot recall any military or Federal installation that allowed OC or CC.
It only takes a couple of knuckleheads to mess up things for everyone (ref: the soldiers in the "firefight" someone else mentioned in their previous post)
An illegal order would be if your commander tells you to do something illegal.
It is not an illegal order when a local commander writes his own policy to keep order however he/she sees fit.
I have always disagreed with this policy too. In other areas, USARAK allows pretty easy use of firearms out in recreation areas etc, just not on main post. I cannot recall any military or Federal installation that allowed OC or CC.
It only takes a couple of knuckleheads to mess up things for everyone (ref: the soldiers in the "firefight" someone else mentioned in their previous post)